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FOODS THAT ARE HIGH IN POTASSIUM On October 30, 2000, the FDA allowed orange juice manufacturers to add a new health claim informing consumers that diets containing foods that are good sources of potassium and are low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.1 Foods that contain (per serving) at least […]

NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON? I hope your committee will not permit doubts as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation. – F. D. Roosevelt: Letter to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives (on the Guffey-Snyder Coal Bill, July 1935) The United States Constitution has proved itself the most […]

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that […]

From Special Politically Incorrect Issue Allowing government officials to access a private person’s medical records without a warrant is a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects American citizens from warrantless searches by government officials. – Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the […]

LIPOSUCTION SUCKS AWAY INSULIN RESISTANCE TOO We have long been interested in whether liposuction, a popular form of cosmetic surgery (218,064 liposuction procedures were reported in 1998 by board-certified plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and otolaryngologists), provides health benefits by reducing the body-fat load or altering fat distribution. An article in the January 17, 2001 Journal of the […]

To all our readers: we wish you a very happy and healthy new year! “The real goal is to keep people alive forever.” — William Haseltine, head of Human Genome Sciences in Rockville, MD, at a conference in Washington, DC on 4 Dec. 2000, marking the creation of the Society of Regenerative Medicine to promote […]

If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were […]

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law . . . that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts. – H. L. Mencken A DIET RICH IN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, OR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS? Another round of vehement disagreements […]

He alone is worthy of life and freedom who each day does battle for them anew. – Goethe, Faust FDA UPDATE INCLUDES GREAT NEWS! On April 20, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the Pearson-decision mandate to the FDA, as directed by the court of appeals; the Pearson ruling was decided […]

SAVING PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES – DOES IT WORK? Although more than 80 countries have laws that require motorists and their passengers to fasten their seat belts, there is little evidence that these laws are saving many lives, according to a report in the Jan. 29, 2000 Lancet. The Lancet article notes that a report commissioned by the UK […]

This newsletter is written by scientists Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw® for other scientists studying aging and for interested physicians and laypersons, as well as for lawyers interested in promoting medical freedom of choice and Constitutional government. The information provided here is not intended as a replacement for professional medical or legal advice. FDA UPDATE: FDA’S […]